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Steps to perform for Rolling Forward a Physical Standby Database using RMAN Incremental Backup. (Doc
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Goal
Solution
1) Stop the managed recovery process (MRP) on the STANDBY database
2) Determine the SCN of the STANDBY database.
3) Take an incremental backup of the PRIMARY database
4) Transfer all backup sets to STANDBY server
5) Catalog the backups in STANDBY controlfile.
6) Recover the STANDBY database with the cataloged incremental backup:
7) In RMAN, connect to the PRIMARY database and create a standby control file backup:
8) Copy the standby control file backup to the STANDBY system.
9) Capture datafile information in STANDBY database.
10) From RMAN, connect to STANDBY database and restore the standby control file:
11) Shut down the STANDBY database and startup mount:
12) Catalog datafiles in STANDBY if location/name of datafiles is different
13) Configure the STANDBY database to use flashback (optional)
14) On STANDBY database, clear all standby redo log groups:
15) On the STANDBY database, start the MRP
References

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 10.2 to 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Checked for relevance on 21-AUG-2015

GOAL

The steps in this section can used to resolve problems of missing or corrupted archive log file, an unresolveable archive gap, or need to roll
standby forward in time without applying a large number of archivelog files.

SOLUTION

Note:
If you use 'DataGuard Broker', then it should be stopped before starting with step 1 and re-started again when all steps finished.

1) Stop the managed recovery process (MRP) on the STANDBY database

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE CANCEL;

Note: For the remaining steps, the standby database must be in a MOUNT state.

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2) Determine the SCN of the STANDBY database.

On the standby database, find the SCN which will be used for the incremental backup at the primary database:

You need to use the 'lowest SCN' from the queries below:

SQL> SELECT CURRENT_SCN FROM V$DATABASE;

CURRENT_SCN
--------------
3164433

SQL> select min(checkpoint_change#) from v$datafile_header

where file# not in (select file# from v$datafile where enabled = 'READ ONLY');

MIN(F.FHSCN)
----------------
3162298

You need to use the 'lowest SCN' from the queries, in this example is SCN: 3162298. Therefore, From the above you need to
backup from SCN 3162298

3) Take an incremental backup of the PRIMARY database

In RMAN, connect to the primary database and create an incremental backup from the SCN derived in the previous step:

RMAN> BACKUP INCREMENTAL FROM SCN 3162298 DATABASE FORMAT '/tmp/ForStandby_%U' tag 'FORSTANDBY';

4) Transfer all backup sets to STANDBY server

All backups created by step #3 must be transferred from the primary to the standby system. If the backup is written to NFS device, this
step can be skipped.

scp /tmp/ForStandby_* standby:/tmp

5) Catalog the backups in STANDBY controlfile.

In order for the standby database to know about the backups, catalog the backup pieces on the STANDBY database.

RMAN> CATALOG START WITH '/tmp/ForStandby';

using target database control file instead of recovery catalog

searching for all files that match the pattern /tmp/ForStandby

List of Files Unknown to the Database

=====================================
File Name: /tmp/ForStandby_2lkglss4_1_1
File Name: /tmp/ForStandby_2mkglst8_1_1

Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? YES
cataloging files...
cataloging done

List of Cataloged Files

=======================
File Name: /tmp/ForStandby_2lkglss4_1_1
File Name: /tmp/ForStandby_2mkglst8_1_1

6) Recover the STANDBY database with the cataloged incremental backup:

RMAN> RECOVER DATABASE NOREDO;

starting recover at 03-JUN-09

allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=28 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backupset restore

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channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set

destination for restore of datafile 00001: +DATA/mystd/datafile/system.297.688213333
destination for restore of datafile 00002: +DATA/mystd/datafile/undotbs1.268.688213335
destination for restore of datafile 00003: +DATA/mystd/datafile/sysaux.267.688213333
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /tmp/ForStandby_2lkglss4_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
piece handle=/tmp/ForStandby_2lkglss4_1_1 tag=FORSTANDBY
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:02
Finished recover at 03-JUN-09

7) In RMAN, connect to the PRIMARY database and create a standby control file backup:

RMAN> BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE FOR STANDBY FORMAT '/tmp/ForStandbyCTRL.bck';

8) Copy the standby control file backup to the STANDBY system.

scp /tmp/ForStandbyCTRL.bck standby:/tmp

9) Capture datafile information in STANDBY database.

We now need to refresh the standby controlfile from primary controlfile (for standby) backup. However, since the datafile names are likely
different than primary, let's save the name of datafiles on standby first, which we can refer after restoring controlfile from primary backup to
verify if there is any discrepancy. Run below query from Standby and save results for further use.

spool datafile_names_step8.txt
set lines 200
col name format a60
select file#, name from v$datafile order by file# ;
spool off

10) From RMAN, connect to STANDBY database and restore the standby control file:

RMAN> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE ;

RMAN> STARTUP NOMOUNT;
RMAN> RESTORE STANDBY CONTROLFILE FROM '/tmp/ForStandbyCTRL.bck';

Starting restore at 03-JUN-09

using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=36 devtype=DISK

channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring control file

channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:07
output filename=+DATA/mystd/controlfile/current.257.688583989
Finished restore at 03-JUN-09

11) Shut down the STANDBY database and startup mount:

RMAN> SHUTDOWN;
RMAN> STARTUP MOUNT;

12) Catalog datafiles in STANDBY if location/name of datafiles is different

Since the controlfile is restored from PRIMARY the datafile locations in STANDBY controlfile will be same as PRIMARY database, if the
directory structure is different between the standby and primary or you are using Oracle managed file names, catalog the datafiles in
STANDBY will do the necessary rename operations. If the primary and standby have identical structure and datafile names, this step can be
skipped.

Perform the below step in STANDBY for each diskgroup where the datafile directory structure between primary and standby are different.

RMAN> CATALOG START WITH '+DATA/mystd/datafile/';

List of Files Unknown to the Database

=====================================
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/SYSTEM.309.685535773
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/SYSAUX.301.685535773
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/UNDOTBS1.302.685535775

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File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/SYSTEM.297.688213333

File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/SYSAUX.267.688213333
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/UNDOTBS1.268.688213335

Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? YES
cataloging files...
cataloging done

List of Cataloged Files

=======================
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/SYSTEM.297.688213333
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/SYSAUX.267.688213333
File Name: +data/mystd/DATAFILE/UNDOTBS1.268.688213335

If any datafiles have been added to Primary AFTER scn 3162298 they will also have to be restored to the standby host (see Note 1531031.1
Steps to perform for Rolling forward a standby database using RMAN incremental backup when datafile is added to primary) and cataloged
as shown above before doing the switch.

To determine if any files have been added to Primary since the standby current scn:

SQL>SELECT FILE#, NAME FROM V$DATAFILE WHERE CREATION_CHANGE# > 3162298

If the above query returns with 0 zero rows, you can switch the datafiles. This will rename the datafiles to its correct name at the standby
site:

RMAN> SWITCH DATABASE TO COPY;

datafile 1 switched to datafile copy "+DATA/mystd/datafile/system.297.688213333"

datafile 2 switched to datafile copy "+DATA/mystd/datafile/undotbs1.268.688213335"
datafile 3 switched to datafile copy "+DATA/mystd/datafile/sysaux.267.688213333"

Note:

a) At this point, you can compare the query output from step 9 for any discrepancy (other than newly added datafiles) to ensure we have all
the datafiles added in standby.

b) run the queries from step 2 again to confirm that the incremental apply has moved the datafiles forward. The SCN should now be bigger
than its initial values.

13) Configure the STANDBY database to use flashback (optional)

If the STANDBY database needs to be configured for FLASHBACK run the following commands:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE FLASHBACK OFF;

SQL> ALTER DATABASE FLASHBACK ON;

NOTE: This command may return the following:

ORA-38788 More standby database recovery is needed
Depending on situation, this is expected. Proceed with the remaining steps.

14) On STANDBY database, clear all standby redo log groups:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE CLEAR LOGFILE GROUP 1;

SQL> ALTER DATABASE CLEAR LOGFILE GROUP 2;
SQL> ALTER DATABASE CLEAR LOGFILE GROUP 3;
....

15) On the STANDBY database, start the MRP

SQL> ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE DISCONNECT;

To resolve NOLOGGING operations only, see the online documentation, and Note 958181.1

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REFERENCES

NOTE:1531031.1 - Steps to perform for Rolling forward a standby database using RMAN incremental backup when datafile is added to
primary
NOTE:958181.1 - Rolling a Standby Forward using an RMAN Incremental Backup To Fix The Nologging Changes
NOTE:841765.1 - Roll Forward a Physical Standby Database Using RMAN Incremental Backups 'Recover Database Noredo' Does Nothing

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